30th of June 2007 employees of "Spetstorg" company as a part of the expedition consisting of 4 persons started on an extreme trip "Conquest of Elbrus".
THE FIRST DAY - 30.06.07 5-00 in the morning arrival in Pyatigorsk of Kabardino-Balkaria and then got up to the bottom of Elbrus mountain using the local transport (distance from Pyatigorsk up to the bottom is 180 km). The same day guys with the whole outfit climbed to height 2800 meters and made the overnight stop.
THE SECOND DAY - overcoming of height 3800 meters and stop near the first mountain hostel "Bochka".
THE THIRD DAY - acclimatization at height 4100 meters at "Priyut - 11", after that everybody returned to hostel "Bochka" to have a rest and master their strength for overcoming the next boundary.
THE FORTH DAY - after acclimatization climb and encampment at height 4100 meters.
THE FIFTH DAY – going out to height 4800 meters of "Pastukhova" rock, acclimatization and overnight stop.
THE SIXTH DAY - at 2-30 o’clock in the night a climb to the western top of Elbrus mountain - the highest peak of Europe.
On July, 5, 2007 at 10-00 o'clock in the morning, the mountain peak was conquered by the "Spetstorg" team!
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